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Ch1. The Beginning

With her face pressed to the window, Lilly Evans sighed as she watched as her family became smaller in the distance, with a sigh she leaned back into her seat thinking back to when before the letter had come from Hogwarts announcing her admittance.

"Mum Dad! What is this?" Lilly yelled to her parents an owl had just landed in her window and being modern day England this never happened. Tearing from her room she thrust the letter from Hogwarts into her parent's hands,

Dear the Evans Family, it read

Hogwarts academy for Witch Craft and Wizardry is pleased to announce the admittance Lilly Anne Evans to our prestigious academy, I the headmaster Dumbledore will arrive at your home at 3:00 pm July 18 (I enjoy tea).

Until later

Albus Dumbledore

After the letter arrived and the meeting with Dumbledore, Petunia refused to have anything to do with Lilly claiming that she was a "freak".

A voice brought Lilly back into the present,

"Hey anyone there?" asked a tall boy with dark unruly hair and glasses. Behind him were three other boys each of them tall and slim except for one who was shorter and pudgy.

"Hello, I'm Lilly Evans are you first year too?" asked Lilly

"Yup been waiting for this day for eleven years can't believe that were finally here! I'm James Potter and these are my friends, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Peter Pettigrew. Just call us the marauders for short"

"Excuse, but is this seat taken" asked a small girl about Lilly's height with chestnut hair that fell right below her shoulders, she had light blue eyes and her skin was tanned from the summer.

"No, I'm Lilly Evans what's your name" asked Lilly

"Abby Links" replied the girl

For the rest of the train ride the six got along well talking about their summer and educating Lilly on the wizard law and about life at Hogwarts.

"Yeah you don't want to be in Slytherin, or else you'll have to be with Sirius' nut of a cousin Bella" said James.

"Gryffindor is the best house who wants to live in a dungeon in the winter" exclaimed Remus pretending to shiver.

Lilly looked out the door of their compartment as she saw a head of dark hair pass by the window.

"Severus" Lilly called Severus' head turned and with a smile he greeted Lilly

"Hey Lilly he said "met anyone"

"Of course have you met James, Sirius, Lupin, Peter, and Abby?"

"Snivellus" sniffed James "how is that hair coming along"

"Potter" growled Severus "you still have a bodyguard"

"No friends Snivellus, something you don't have" retorted James

"guys enough, Severus is my one of my good friends we lived on the same street it's a new year the beginning of the next seven years cant you but your differences aside and be friends" sighed Lily.

"Been there done that Lilly" said James "and as you can see it didn't work"

"Of course it didn't how could anyone try and have a decent conversation with an arrogant prat and his bodyguards" said Severus glaring and the marauders as he stalked out of their compartment.

"Why can't you be nice to him" cried Lilly as she ran after him. "Severus" called Lilly "please wait"

"Lilly I'm sorry but I can't stand Potter and his bodyguard of fools" said Severus.

"But we can still be friends right" asked Lilly "you were my very first wizard friend and I don't want to lose your friendship".

"Yeah we can be friends even if you do hang out with those buffoons" said Severus smiling.

"Good, I have to go put my robes on before we get to Hogwarts see you later Severus" said Lilly hugging Severus.